Short Name: | H. Ernest Nichol |
Full Name: | Nichol, H. Ernest, 1862-1928 |
Birth Year: | 1862 |
Death Year: | 1928 |
H. Ernest Nichol (b. Hull, Yorkshire, England, 1862; d. Skirlaugh, Yorkshire, England, 1926) had begun a study program in civil engineering when he decided to study music instead. In 1888 he received a bachelor's degree in music from Oxford University. Nichol wrote some 130 hymn tunes and texts, many under the pseudonym “Colin Sterne” (derived from his middle and last name); many were first sung at church school programs.
Psalter Hymnal Handbook
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Nichol, Henry Ernest, was b. Dec. 10, 1862, at Hull. He took the degree of MUS. BAC. at Oxford in 1888. He has written fourteen sets of Sunday School Anniversary Hymns (130 in all), with original tunes, besides many published in leaflet form, mostly under the anagram of 1677
Colin Sterne. The following are in the Sunday School Hymnary, 1905, the dates being those of composition and publication by the author:—
1. Life is opening out before you. Christian Courage 1897.
2. Rest, O rest! at eve Thy children's voices. Evening. 1897.
3. We've a story to tell to the nations. Foreign Missions. 1896.
4. Where the flag is flying. Boys Brigade. 1901.
[Rev. James Mearns, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
Tunes by H. Ernest Nichol (42) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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ALETHEIA (Nichol) | H. E. Nichol, Mus. Bac. (Composer) | 2 | 32176 56543 51776 |
BE A HERO | H. Ernest Nichol, Mus. Bac. (Composer) | 2 | 56712 34553 16712 |
BRENTWOOD (Nichol) | Ernest Nichol (Composer) | 6 | 33255 43667 65432 |
[Build on the Rock, the Rock that ever stands] (Chorus) | H. Ernest Nichol (Composer) | 2 | 33332 12176 64444 |
[Christ shall lead us in the time of youth] | H. Ernest_Nichol (Composer) | 1 | |
CHRIST'S OWN PEACE | H. Ernest Nichol (Composer) | 4 | 32354 43323 46551 |
CORELLI | Henry Ernest Nichol, 1862- (Composer) | 3 | 56711 76712 43555 |
[Go forward, O children! the dawn shineth bright] | H. Ernest Nichol, Mus. Bac. (Composer) | 2 | |
GOLDEN AGE | H. Ernest Nichol, 1862- (Composer) | 2 | 55671 21677 57123 |
GOOD WILL | H.H. Nichol (Composer) | 5 | 51321 17615 54351 |
[Hark to the sound of voices!] | H. Ernest Nichol (Composer) | 26 | 33456 51176 54333 |
[He saw the wheat fields waiting] (Nichol) | H. E. Nichol (Composer) | 2 | 53343 25353 34325 |
[I love to hear you tell] (Nichol) | H. Ernest Nichol (Composer) | 4 | 56321 76554 32222 |
[Jesus calls for soldiers, ready, true and brave] | H. E. Nichol (Composer) | 2 | 34565 17654 34567 |
KIRK ELLA | Henry Ernest Nichol (Composer) | 5 | 54332 67124 32321 |
[Let every heart be glad] | H. Ernest Nichol (Composer) | 2 | 17563 56534 23176 |
LOWELL (Nichol) | H. Ernest Nichol (Composer) | 21 | 15351 23451 23217 |
[Marching beneath the banner] (Chorus) | H. Ernest Nichol (Composer) | 2 | |
MESSAGE (Nichol) | H. Ernest Nichol (Composer) | 191 | 12333 43231 34555 |
ORIGEN | H. E. Nichol, Mus. Bac. (Composer) | 2 | 55565 17654 23556 |
REST AND PEACE | H. Ernest Nichol, Mus. Bac. (Composer) | 2 | 12345 36543 21767 |
[Ringing the tidings of His birth] | H. Ernest Nichol (Composer) | 2 | 16751 67556 71678 |
[Sweet Mary lulled her blessed Child] | H. Ernest Nichol (Composer) | 2 | 35353 23455 64654 |
[Sweet the lesson Jesus taught] (Nichol) | H. Ernest Nichol (Composer) | 2 | 53323 44464 43455 |
THE CALL OF DUTY | H. Ernest Nichol, Mus. Bac. (Composer) | 2 | 53512 31232 34532 |
[The fishers sat within their boat] (Nichol) | H. Ernest Nichol (Composer) | 2 | |
[The flowers of earth are blooming] | H. E. Nichol (Composer) | 2 | 55565 45335 43231 |
THECLA | H. E. Nichol (Composer) | 8 | 34336 55176 56425 |
TRUSTFULNESS | H. Ernest Nichol (Composer) | 3 | 17654 35222 34456 |
[Voices of children in gladness greet] | H. E. Nichol (Composer) | 2 | 54517 17666 54564 |
[We are soldiers on the way] | H. Ernest Nichol (Composer) | 2 | |
[We sing of a story the Master told] | H. Ernest Nichol (Composer) | 2 | 51217 65633 35255 |
[What are you building, brother] | H. Ernest Nichol (Composer) | 2 | 33332 15565 67165 |
[What are you seeking day by day] | H. Ernest Nichol (Composer) | 2 | 11235 32243 45435 |
[What is the noise of battle] | H. E. Nichol (Composer) | 3 | 54563 55545 63556 |
[When the call to arms rings loud and clear] | H. Ernest Nichol, Mus. Bac. (Composer) | 2 | |
[Where the flag is flying, where the fight is keen] | H. Ernest Nichol, Mus.B. Oxon. (Composer) | 3 | 32345 36176 54654 |
[Who are the soldiers of Jesus Christ?] | H. Ernest Nichol (Composer) | 4 | 53515 13212 34353 |
[Why are you marching along to war?] | H. Ernest Nichol (Composer) | 3 | 16716 71235 25535 |
[Will you come and help us in our work] | H. Ernest Nichol (Composer) | 2 | 55123 45654 32255 |
WILLERBY (Nichol) | H. E. Nichol, Mus. Bac. (Composer) | 2 | 11171 21771 22343 |
[With our songs we greet Thee, Holy Child] | H. Ernest Nichol (Composer) | 2 | 51332 17621 65513 |